Melursus ursinus - #927
Sloth Bear
Front view of bear sitting up
Geographic Distribution
India (north to the Indian desert and to the foothills of the Himalayas), Sri Lanka.
Order/Family
Ursidae
Genus
Melursus
Specific Epithet
ursinus
Image Location
San Diego Zoo, CA, USA
Image Date
1986
Photographer
D G Huckaby